Not sure if this is the right forum to ask this question, but engineering MS degree (e.g. applied stats, CA) vs MBA if I wanted to do product management? I am a 2nd year BA looking to go back to the States via grad school (was initially kicked out cuz of Trump) so debating which option would be better if i wanted to transition into PM. My undergrad major was Econ

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Go for MBA. Someone who did a MS in Engineering 🤦‍♂️

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Wow Director 1, u have just summed it up really well

I actually want to pursue an engineering degree cuz of “intellectual curiosity” but also worried if that would narrow my options to just PM (vs. strategy, biz dev, VC) after graduation??

Exit opps from school into VC is pretty uncommon. Bizdev usually recruits from ibanking. These two don’t really recruit straight from a grad program

Hmm so for consulting-> MBA, would the options boil down to Strategy/ops roles, PE, potentially PM?

If you are an non-us resident , go for engineering STEM OPT is a life saver, also you can always do an executive MBA later on, also you will learn some hard skills( programming ) , the McK toolkit provides necessary soft skills, also if you are planning to start university this year MBA might not help as virtual networking is rarely effective

Agreed on learning hard skills. But as an fyi most MBA degrees qualify for STEM OPT nowdays

What about dual degree MS engineering + MBA offered at a lot of schools

That’d be perfect but not sure if 3 years of time + money is worth it 😭

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